Cub Campers is one of the great Aussie success stories. The camper trailer manufacturer, which employs 60 people and has a multi-million dollar annual turnover, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. From its humble beginnings back in 1968 (when a four bedroom Sydney home cost $20,000) Cub has weathered the storm of several economic […]

The 4WD and Adventure Show is pleased to welcome Bonetti Campers to the Show this year; and excited to see them launch the awesome new Cruisinator®!. Based on a Toyota Land Cruiser 70 Series, the Cruisinator bears some passing resemblance to a KEA Conqueror, an offroad camper produced by the then KEA Campers (Australia) which

Land Rover vehicles have a long history, and like many products we used today, was invested out of necessity. Following World War II, car manufacturer Rover desperately needed to get car production going again. Steel was in terribly short supply and exports got first preference for all raw materials. Rover employee Maurice Wilks had been

In 1975, a young man from Melbourne called Tony Brown returned home after a 4WDriving trip through the top end of Australia. During his travels, Tony met a number of people who, also out exploring this great land of ours, had come in to trouble with their vehicles – broken bull bars or roof racks

  In 1936, outback mailman Tom Kruse dismantled an old Thornycroft vehicle, taking its rear axles and transmission, and fitting them to a Leyland Badger. This modification allowed him to complete the world’s most remote mail run, over 500km each way from Maree in South Australia to Birdsville in Central Queensland, travelling through outback Australia’s